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by cxrlosfx 961 days ago
Are human beings responsible for changing how they use their own language? Or is just Word responsible for that?

Maybe MS Word is just changing things so fast that we are able to notice it, but the languages we use and the ways we comunicate have changed over time and will keep changing.

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I think humans are easily influenced by programs that autocorrect/autocomplete grammar and spelling.

I notice a huge stylistic difference in articles written today compared to twenty years ago. There seemed to be much more variety and colorful language. Today, the trend is concise, simple sentences.